I have a new friend. His name is Krishnan. He is a new/old friend of my parents. They met him 13 years ago at a wedding of a mutual friend. Krishnan decided to come to Costa Rica. It was his first time and he sent my dad a message to say that he was coming they had not talked in 13 years! It turned out that our old house was available and Krishnan rented it for a few days while he was here. We had a most wonderful time with him. Krishnan loves to cook, play music, read and write books, tell funny stories and sing to me. We hit it off right away.
Krishnan wrote a book called Babu The Three Legged Dog. It is a story about his dog Babu who was hit by a car and lost his leg. Everyone felt sorry for Babu but Krishnan told them not to feel sorry for him. Babu could still walk and run we was just going to be a little different than the rest of the dogs. I would like to meet Babu one day, I bet we would be great friends. Babu inspired Krishnan to write a book about Babu. Krishnan wrote a children’s book with the help of elementary school students. The students did the illustrations in the book and also helped sing Krishnan’s song Buffalo Bear. Krishnan is a great musician as well and included the famous Buffalo Bear song in his book. You see the lyrics go like this….. Buffalo Bear, doesn’t have a care, Buffalo Bear he does not have a care,,,, he has the eyes of a Buffalo and the back of a bear!! We must have sang that song a million times while he was here.
I have a funny story to share. One day when I was riding Conejo, Krish was filming. We were trotting down the green grass and Krish was looking my way rooting me on as I was doing so well! Here we all were running but Krish had his backed turned when all of a sudden CRASH, SMACK, OUCH!!!!! Krish ran into a palm tree. They must have watched the video 20 times.. All you see is me on Conejo then my mom scream and a loud smack of the tree…. THANK GOODNESS he was alright! Once we all knew he was okay it was time for a good laugh! Silly Krish, you better be more careful next time! 🙂
Some mornings instead of doing physical therapy we did music therapy. We sang so many songs together. He played background music to Skippy John Jones, he made up funny little songs and would sing to me at dinner.. He pretty much sang and played guitar and anything he could beat on the whole time he was here and well, you all know how much I love music!!!! He and my parents sang together too and one night we had a jam session and Maria Jose came over as well and helped me play percussion. My dad videoed mom and Krishnan singing my song Three Little Birds. In the end, Krishnan has decided to fly from Canada to my benefit in September and he and my mom are going to go up on stage and sing my song!!! Thanks for coming to visit me Krishnan. You are a good friend with a beautiful smile and beautiful heart…… Hope you come back soon……. PVOL Malia
